Sunday, February 2, 2025

APPARITIONS ARE ASSUMED

 

ZUHURAT (Turkish)


appearing out of the blue

unexpected passenger ferries

possibly hosting a fete of phantoms

they just emerged

in olden days

in Istanbul

unassumed

saviors

for those who had missed

a deadline

or a bread line

unassumingly

not hoping for a life line

waiting at a Bosporus jetty


i feel like one

at this age

an assumption 

soon to become an apparition

joining other phantoms

reserving a seat

at a fete

on a zuhurat ferry

holding court

to recite my poetry

to an applause

denied me before





ahmet cafer celebiler

February 2, 2025

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